Victoria Clark

Infobox actor
name = Victoria Clark

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birthdate = birth date and age|1959|10|10
birthplace = Dallas, Texas, USA
occupation = Actor, singer
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website = http://www.victoriaclarkonline.com
tonyawards = Best Leading Actress in a Musical
2005 "The Light in the Piazza"

Victoria Clark (born October 10, 1959) is an American musical theatre singer and actress and a standards recording artist. She has a soprano voice. She won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical in 2005 for her performance in Adam Guettel's "The Light in the Piazza". She also won the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Joseph Jefferson Award for her performances in this role.

Biography

Clark grew up in Texas, where she attended the Hockaday School, an all-girls school in Dallas, Texas. She also attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, before going to Yale University (graduated in 1982), where, at the age of eighteen, she sang the role of Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance". She also sang the title role of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" and directed a production of "Ruddigore" for the Yale Gilbert & Sullivan Society. After college, Clark continued to direct shows. She currently teaches voice in addition to performing.

Clark's stage work previous to "The Light in the Piazza" (2005-06) includes roles in the Broadway musicals "Urinetown" (2003), "Cabaret" (1999-2000), "Titanic" (1997-99), "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1995-96), "A Grand Night for Singing" (1993-94), and "Guys and Dolls" (1992-93), as well as numerous roles off-Broadway and in regional theatre. Clark has also been seen in films and in roles in television episodes and appears on a number of Broadway cast albums and other recordings.

She appeared as ex-showgirl Sally Durant Plummer in the Encores! staged concert presentation of "Follies" in February 2007 at City Center.

References

External links

* [http://www.victoriaclarkonline.com/ Victoria Clark official website]
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* [http://www.broadwayworld.com/bios/viewstar.cfm?starid=80 Broadway world's profile of Clark]
* [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=510707 Broadway.com review of Clark's performance]
* [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=510748 Excerpts from reviews by the major NYC newspapers]
* [http://www.curtainup.com/lightinthepiazza.html Curtainup review of Clark's performance]
* [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/victoria_clark Victoria Clark] - "Downstage Center" interview at American Theatre Wing.org
* [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/interactive/video/index.html#c TonyAwards.com Interview with Victoria Clark]